Tucker Kraft definitely showed flashes of star-level talent in his 2024 season, so we can understand wanting him to have a more featured role in a Packers offense. Green Bay arguably doesn’t have another star-caliber receiver on the field every down — at least unless they let Jayden Reed out of the slot-only receiver box — and Kraft would offer some physicality at the catch point. But for every 20 of these types of quotes, maybe one or two actually happen. Kraft isn’t going to start getting a Trey McBride level of targets just because LaFleur said this ... but perhaps it is the start of some momentum towards that kind of role.

He added 10 yards on the ground on a pair of successful tush pushes (tush pushii?) and was a reliable checkdown option for Jalen Hurts. Kraft at times demonstrated some real burst and wiggle in the open field in 2024, finishing the regular season with a 50/707/7 receiving line and starting all 17 games. At the very least, he clearly won the main tight end role away from the oft-injured Luke Musgrave. You could make an argument that Kraft was the most physically imposing target the Packers employed this year, but he’s just not a main focal point of the offense. He’ll enter the 2025 offseason as a borderline TE1 option in fantasy.